Hi!
> > >> Userspace should handle the async request just fine when it comes
> > >> back
> > >> running, regardless of the time it was submitted.
> > >
> > > Okay, so the solution is to convert the drivers to use
> > > request_firmware_nowait() instead of request_firmware() in
> > > their .resume()
> > > routines.
> >
> > [added Rob Landley to CC]
> >
> > I think asynchronous loading should be made the default behaviour.
> > However, we need to think and document how to do firmware loading.
>
> I'd love to write up documentation on this if anybody can tell me what it
> should say. :)
Well, chapter on firmware & suspend/hibernation should say something
about either loading the firmware during early suspend, or just
keeping firmware in ram from boot...
Pavel
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